Adam Black

Adam Black ( born February 10, 1784 in Edinburgh, † January 24, 1874 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish bookseller. He was publisher of the 7th to the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and founder of persons encyclopedia Who's Who.

In 1800 he trained as a librarian in London. In 1807 he acquired its own bookstore in Edinburgh. In 1817 he founded with his nephew Charles Black, the publishing house "A & C Black." Following the example of the encyclopedia " Brockhaus " the publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus Black acquired the rights to a knowledge tape that has already been written since 1768, but not published as hardcover. After expanding the contents Adam Black was in 1820 editor of the 7th edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica ".

The so-called " Britannica ", in English, was sold to the United States and Australia. In 1847 Adam Black 's Person - encyclopedia " Who's Who ", which he recorded in the same year with an apostrophe ('s ) as the brand. 1848, dedicated the first person Encyclopedia 250 pages of the British royal family, the aristocracy, politicians, judges and officers. 1865, Black retired from the publisher. 1870 was the company " A & C Black " on the London publishing house of The Times. With the University of Cambridge then was the 11th edition of the " Britannica ".

Adam Black died on 24 January 1874 in Edinburgh.

According to the 11th edition of the company, " Sears Roebuck " acquired in Chicago the " Encyclopædia Britannica ". "Who's Who " was moved from 1899 in the United States. In 1906, the "Who 's Who" in Australia, from 1945 in Europe. Today the " Encyclopædia Britannica Incorporated Inc." holds the rights to the " Encyclopædia Britannica ". With over 75,000 articles ( 2004), the lexicon is one of the most prestigious reference books in the world.

• Publisher (19th Century )
• Briton
• Scotsman
• Born in 1784
• Died in 1874
• Man
• Person ( Edinburgh)